I'm going to be doing a clean install on my wifes old rig which is going to her brother, he doesn't have a MS account, I guess I can just have him on a local account? Can you get into the MS store for apps without a MS account? I found this at MS and just wanted to touch bases with you guys.

"If you sign in to Windows with a local account, you can choose not to enter a password. However, we don't recommend this—it's the least secure way to sign in to your PC. You can also switch a Microsoft account to a local account, but you can't use a local account to download apps from the Windows Store or sync settings online."

I don't have an MS account, I don't use the MS store, and I don't use OneDrive or make regular use of any form of cloud storage. Neither my wife nor I have any need for those things, but on the few occasions when I want to share large files with others I use either a free 2.5 gB Dropbox account or the free 15 gB of online storage a Google account provides.

Best regards,
-- Al

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Same here as FVB, why not? They all know your information. It is a loop, you don't want to give information but without it, they cannot verify you are who you say you are. Either by telephone #, last 4 SSN, address, location, CC#, etc. For example, when your CC is compromised, they know where you are at and know you didn't make the charges. Happened to me 2x in the last 3 years.